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Gold Fields CEO Mike Fraser
Gold Fields aims to woo Northern Star investors after miner's rebuff
Updated 6 minutes ago By: Reuters

Gold Fields could make another run for Northern Star Resources, CEO Mike Fraser said, after the Australian miner rejected a $27-billion takeover offer, with investors expecting it to return with... 


Radiant World signage
Radiant cuts more jobs after founder loses control of firm
Updated 21 minutes ago By: Bloomberg

Radiant World is cutting staff beyond its core iron ore business after a Singapore court last week took control of the troubled commodity trader away from its founder. The latest reductions... 


Kathleen Valley lithium mine
Liontown lifts FY27 capex guidance by nearly 35% after approving lithium mine expansion
Updated 47 minutes ago By: Reuters

Liontown Resources on Wednesday approved an A$389-million ($271.68-million) expansion of its flagship Kathleen Valley lithium mine in Western Australia, prompting the company to raise its 2027... 


Amplitude Energy site in Australia
Australia's Amplitude Energy approves FID for East Coast Supply Project
Updated 50 minutes ago By: Reuters

Australian gas producer Amplitude Energy said on Wednesday it had taken a final investment decision (FID) on the development phase of the East Coast Supply Project, which includes the construction... 


Hunter Valley coal operation
Glencore wins approval to extend Hunter Valley coal operations in Australia
Updated 58 minutes ago By: Reuters

Glencore on Wednesday won approval to continue operations at its Hunter Valley thermal coal project in Australia until 2045, after a State government found the economic benefits outweighed the... 


Mt Lindsay twin decline development concept rendering
Australian explorer Critica confirms tungsten project potential in Tasmania
29th September 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

A newly published scoping study on ASX-listed Critica's Mt Lindsay tin/tungsten project in Tasmania finds the proposed one-million-tonne-a-year underground mining and processing development has an... 


Lithium brines
North American energy storage to drive lithium carbonate demand through 2031
29th September 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Market research firm Mordor Intelligence expects the global lithium carbonate market to grow from 141-million lithium carbonate-equivalent (LCE) tons in 2026 to 3.93-million LCE tons by 2031,... 


Prairie Lithium's DLE unit
Prairie Lithium garners C$6.3m federal Canadian funding to reach initial production
29th September 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

The Canadian government has committed C$6.3-million in financing for ASX-listed Prairie Lithium's project in Saskatchewan, which will support Phase 1 production, including balance-of-plant systems... 


People shaking hands
Miners bound to megadeal playbook in pursuit of global scale
29th September 2026 By: Reuters

Mining companies are set on building scale through M&A and partnerships to tackle financial and geopolitical hurdles, despite several thwarted megadeals over the past year. Gold Fields, whose... 


Gold bars
Gold's lustre dims as Treasury yields surge, markets bet on higher Fed rates
29th September 2026 By: Reuters

Gold prices could face further pressure in the coming days as rising US Treasury yields and expectations of additional Federal Reserve rate hikes sap demand for the non-yielding metal. Spot gold... 


Gold Fields CFO Alex Dall and Gold Fields VP Investor Relations Shilan Modi.
Gold Fields, Northern Star mix looks like match made in heaven but uncertainty prevails
28th September 2026 By: Martin Creamer

Gold Fields has more than doubled free cash flow in the last 12 months; Northern Star has suffered free cash flow decline in the same period despite the gold price rise. Gold Fields has a settled... 


LBMA CEO Ruth Crowell
Centuries-old London Good Delivery system for gold faces modern accountability test
28th September 2026 By: Reuters

The London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) will defend itself in London's High Court from October 7 against a claim that it owed a duty of care to two Tanzanian artisanal miners allegedly killed... 


St Barbara's Touquoy operation, in Canada
St Barbara finds better economics, higher output at same capital cost for 15-Mile
28th September 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed gold producer St Barbara has released an updated prefeasibility study (PFS) on its 15-Mile Processing Hub project, in Nova Scotia, which will combine three historical gold mines into a... 


Sandstone project area
Brightstar grows Sandstone mineral resource to 3.6-million ounces
28th September 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed Brightstar Resources has doubled its Two Mile Hill-Shillington mineral resource estimate (MRE) to 1.45-million ounces, with indicated resources having increased in particular by 177% to... 


Christmas Creek mine, in Western Australia
Fortescue, Metso reach green ironmaking milestone
28th September 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Iron-ore major Fortescue’s Christmas Creek Green Metal Project, which features mining technology specialist Metso’s Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) Smelting Furnace technology, has produced its first hot... 


Shougang's Jingtang steel plant in China
Rio Tinto commissions carbon-capture trial at China's Shougang steel plant
28th September 2026 By: Reuters

Mining major Rio Tinto said on Monday it had commissioned a trial facility to capture carbon dioxide from blast-furnace gas at Chinese steelmaker Shougang Group's operations. The facility is... 


Northern Star's Carosue Dam processing circuit
Australia's Northern Star rejects $27bn takeover approach from Gold Fields
28th September 2026 By: Reuters

Australia's top gold producer Northern Star Resources said it rejected an unsolicited A$38.7-billion ($27.1-billion) takeover proposal from South Africa's Gold Fields, the latest sign of... 


ASX building
Glencore expects to start ASX trading on October 14
25th September 2026 By: Reuters

Glencore expects to begin trading on the Australian Securities Exchange under the ticker "GLC" on October 14, the Swiss miner said on Thursday, after meeting all regulatory requirements. The... 


Escondida mine
Chile's Escondida mine gradually resumes operations after fatal accident
25th September 2026 By: Reuters

Operations at BHP's Escondida mine in Chile are being resumed progressively as assessments continue, the world's largest copper mine said on Thursday. Operations at the mine were suspended on... 


Sandvik sales VP for Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea Craig Johnston
Engineering group Sandvik renews commitments to Aboriginal collaboration in Australia
23rd September 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Global engineering group Sandvik has launched a new 2026 to 2028 Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) in Australia, which sets new commitments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander... 


Rare earths periodic table
Heavy rare earths central to Western supply squeeze as market grows
23rd September 2026 By: Creamer Media Reporter

Global consultancy The Business Research Company estimates the global rare earths market will grow from $6.86-billion in 2026 to $10.44-billion by 2030, which equates to a compound annual growth... 


Firebird schematic for a future commercial-scale manganese sulphate facility
Firebird prepares first feedstock for Australia's first demo-scale manganese processing plant
23rd September 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed Firebird Metals has provided the first feedstock for its demonstration-scale manganese testwork plant at the Osborne Park facility, in Western Australia, with the plant expected to be... 


BHP's Escondida mine
BHP's Escondida mine supervisors say collective contract deal far off
23rd September 2026 By: Reuters

Unionized supervisors at BHP's Escondida copper mine in Chile remain far from reaching a new collective contract agreement as time quickly runs out before a mandatory mediation period is set to... 


Nickel mine in Indonesia
Indonesia's nickel production curbs leave market unconvinced
23rd September 2026 By: Reuters

Indonesia is learning that building a dominant position in the nickel market is the easy part. Leveraging its influence over supply to control prices is proving much trickier. The Southeast Asian... 


Ruby Hill mine
Elemental adds two top-ten royalty assets to portfolio, transfers early-stage projects to Carlin East
22nd September 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Nasdaq- and TSX-listed Elemental Royalty has secured agreements that will materially increase the scale and cash-generating capacity of its royalty portfolio, as well as simplify its corporate... 


Tlamino project area
Minrex discovers unexpected high-grade gold from Tlamino project's Barje deposit
22nd September 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed Minrex Resources has reported the best results yet from drilling on the Barje deposit as part of the Tlamino gold/silver project in southern Serbia, near the border with North... 


Mt Todd project area
Artemis announces takeover of Vista in share exchange deal valued at $427m
22nd September 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

TSX-V-listed Artemis Gold has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of TSX- and NYSE-listed Vista Gold in a deal valued at $427-million through the exchange... 


Manna project drilling
EV battery maker Titan to buy Australia's Global Lithium in $237m deal
22nd September 2026 By: Reuters

Australia's Global Lithium Resources agreed on Tuesday to a nearly A$333-million ($237-million) takeover by a local unit of United Arab Emirates-based battery materials firm Titan Lithium Group,... 


Cozamin mine
Luca buys Capstone's Cozamin copper mine in Mexico for $385m
22nd September 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Canadian mining company focused on gold, copper, zinc, lead and silver in Mexico, Luca Mining Corporation, has entered into a share purchase agreement with TSX- and ASX-listed copper producer... 


LNG tanks
LNG buyers and sellers seek greater supply diversity amid Iran war
21st September 2026 By: Reuters

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) buyers are looking to diversify sourcing as the US-Israeli war against Iran cuts Gulf shipments, with importers seeking alternatives for the fuel from other suppliers... 


Mt Magnet mine
Ramelius on track to reach 600 000 oz of gold production in three years
21st September 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed gold miner Ramelius Resources has updated its medium-term outlook, now forecasting an increase in production to between 560 000 oz and 610 000 oz in the 2030 financial year. This marks... 


VULSORB technology
Vulcan starts commercial production of key lithium extraction technology
21st September 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

Australia- and Frankfurt-listed Vulcan Energy has started commercial-scale production of its proprietary lithium extraction adsorbent, VULSORB, which selectively captures lithium from brine. The... 


Anson lithium extraction plant in Utah
Anson announces early-stage offtaker, financier interest for Green River through MoU
21st September 2026 By: Marleny Arnoldi

ASX-listed Anson Resources has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with specialist metals trader Wogen Resources and financing adviser Xcelsior Capital Advisors to evaluate a potential... 


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